On the Reaction of Pentamethylcyclopentadiene with Cobalt Atoms: A Reexamination

Abstract

[Cp 2*Co2] is still unknown. The compound reported a year ago as [Cp 2* Co2] (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1991, 103, 1124) is, in fact, [Cp 2*Co2H3]. [Cp 3*Co3H4], the major component of the eluate of the chromatography after removal of a mononuclear sandwich complex, was not identified at that time. Copyright © 1992 by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Germany